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Back Pain In Upper Right Back. Pain Is Spreading To Neck And Feeling Numb. What Could Be The Cause?
I had a pain in my back about five years ago deep in my upper right back. I was told it could be a pinched nerve. The pain finnaly went away and my upper right back went numb. But now for about a week the pain has came back more severe and spreading across my back and starting to go to the back of my neck, what could cause this.
Thu, 31 Oct 2013
I think An MRI scan may be required for knowing the pathology of nerve impingement but before this you need to get examined by an orthopedist/ spine specialist. who may put you on anti-inflammatory/muscle relaxants and some hot fomentation etc to give you symptomatic relief. Avoid forward bending and lifting weighty objects for a few days and lie on firm matress for few days
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